Apparatus for covering shoe-hooks with plastic material.



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PATENT APPARATUS FOR COVERING SHOE-HOOKS WITH PLASTIC MATERIAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,994, dated January 23, 1900.

Application filed August 12, 1898. Serial No. 688,422. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MAXIME O. PARENTEAU, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparat-us for Covering Shoe-Hooks with Plastic Material, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the die. Fig. 2 is a like view of the preferred form of sliding plate. Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating a modified form of my device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the receiving-plate, which shows hooks in a portion of the receiving-opening. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pin-plate. Fig. 6 is a side elevation, in section, of the receiving-plate and pin-plate with hooks mounted upon the pins. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the receiving-plate with sliding plate in position thereon and with shoe-hooks in the recesses and before the sliding plate has been moved to the position occupied by it while the plastic material is being applied. Fig. 8 is a like view after the sliding plate has been moved to the position occupied by it while the plastic mate rial is being applied. Fig. 9 is an elevation in section showing the receiving-plate, sliding plate, and die all in their proper relative position and with hooks in position to receive the plastic covering; and Fig. 10 is a side view of a hook provided with a shoulder or lug to support the head while the plastic material is being forced upon and around the same.

In detail, a indicates the die; I), the sliding plate; 0, the receiving-plate, and cl the pinplate.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved apparatus whereby hooks for shoes may be readily handled and placed in position and the heads covered with plastic material and wherein the string receiving recess in the hook is protected and the plastic material prevented from being forced into the string-receiving opening.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the means herein shown.

The die a is constructed with recesses of the desired form to shape the plastic material upon the top or head of the hook. The receiving-plate c is provided with a series of openings of asize to receive the shank of the hook and with enlargements to receive the lower portion of the body of the hook. A sliding plate I) is provided, which is suitably mounted upon the receivingplate c, preferably by being provided with overhanging sides,as illustrated in Fig. 2. The openings in the sliding plate are of sufficient size to allow the hooks to pass through. The thickness of the sliding plate is justsufficient to fill the string-receiving opening in the hooks.

It will now be seen that if the sliding plate be so adjusted with reference to the receiving-plate as to cause the openings in it to register with the opening in the receivingplate the books may be placed in position, and if after they are so placed the sliding plate is moved in one direction it will pass into the string-receiving openings and fill them, thus occupying the position as illustrated in Fig. 8, and if the die be then placed in position, with the plastic material between said die and the upper surfaces of the hooks, and suitable heat and pressure be applied in the well-known manner the tops or heads of the hooks will be covered by the plastic material and the sliding plate will prevent the plastic material from being forced into the string-receiving openings, and thereby the objectionable feature heretofore obtaining will be avoided.

The hooks may be gathered in any convenient manner. I find, however, that if a quantity of hooks be placed upon the receiving-plate, either with or without the sliding plate beingin position, and the plate be gently shaken a large proportion of them will enter the openings and assume an upright position therein, the position being in all respects that desired for the purposes of covering, excepting that they will not all project in the same direction. To overcome this tendency, I find that by moving the sliding plate back and forward several times the hooks will be turned to the desired position, thus allowing the sliding plate to be moved to the position shown in Fig. 8. If, however, it is desired to hasten the operation, I then employ the plate, the pins, however, being all of a length to project through the receiving-plate and lift the hooks, so that they are wholly supported by the pins. Then if the pin-plate and receiving-plate be tilted at an angle and the plates in this position be gently shaken or rapped all the hooks will turn so as to project with their overhanging parts in one direction. The receiving-plate may then be lifted from the pin-plate, thus allowing the hooks to rest in the recess in the receiving-plate, and the sliding plate is moved to the position to protect the string-receiving openings, the covering material preferably consisting of disks of celluloid of the proper size placed in position, die adjusted, and the wholesubjected to heat and pressure.

In the event of it being desired to cause the plastic material to cover and run under the edges of the top of the hook I may form the hooks with a suitable shoulder on the head to support it or employ the pin-plate to support the head. In this event openingswould inplace in this view.

In order to maintain the parts in accurate registry while under pressure, I prefer that. the receiving-plate and sliding plate be provided with registering pin-receiving openingsaud the die be provided with pins e to register therewith, the openings in the slid- The die a is also shown.

ing plate being of course so located as to register-with the like opening in the receivingplate when the plates are in position to receive the die.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1., The combination of a receiving-plate and a. plate arranged to slide thereon provided with a series of complete openings, or openings that are wholly within said sliding plate, substantially as shown..

2. The combination of a receiving-plate having openings to receive the shoe-hooks and a pin-plate having pins to enter said openings and bear against and raise the hooks, substantially as shown.

3. The combination of a receiving=plate havingopenings to receive the books, a sliding plate having complete holes or holes wholly within said sliding. plate to slide on' the receiving-plate and fill the lace-openings in the hooks, a die above said last-mentioned plate and means tohold the whole in registry, substantially as shown.

4. The combination of a receiving-plate, a sliding, plate mountedthereon to fill the string-receiving openings in .the hooks and provided with complete openings or openings wholly within said sliding plate, other holes or o enin s'to ermit the assa e of ins p a a p when in position to close thestring=receiving openings, a die, and pin-plate having pinsto pass through the receiving-plate andslid-.

ing plate and bear against-the lower face of the hook-head.

MAXIME O. PARENTEAU. Witnesses:

ALLEN WEBSTER, S SWEENEY. 

